Re: A bug in ActiveState Build 628? Or is it just Perl 5.6.1?

That it works after ftp suggests that the character encoding differs (EBCDIC?) and that an ascii-mode transfer got it translated for you. An appropriate tr/// step with binmode and $/=''; may be all you need to do.

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Zaxo

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Re: Re: A bug in ActiveState Build 628? Or is it just Perl 5.6.1? by adamsj (Hermit) on Jul 11, 2001 at 00:26 UTC
Thanks! Albannach sent me a similar suggestion in /msg and it worked great. The moral of the story is, either don't use Win2K when UNIX is available, learn to use Win2K properly, or pay attention when you're ftping. adamsj They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it. --Gracie Allen	[reply]